History Archives

The Turning of the Tide in the Revolutionary War

John Ferling looks at the Revolutionary War.

On Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Play with The Beatles.

Creating Black Americans

Nell Painter, author of Creating Black Americans: African-American History & Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present was a winner of the 22nd annual Myers Outstanding Book Awards.

The Unknown Gulag
Part V: Another Source: The Survivors’ Testimony

Lynne Viola’s final post about her research for her book.

Cheeseburger in Paradise: A Quiz

A Hamburger quiz for you meat-lovers.

The Unknown Gulag
Part IV: Why did the Soviets Document their Crimes?

Everyday this week we are posting part of a series from author Lynne Viola, The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements. Check out part one and part two and part three. Luck and serendipity combined to provide unique and rich sources for the book. I was continually amazed at the degree of […]

The Unknown Gulag
Part III: The Provincial Archives

I read of the Regional Party Committee’s plans to feed the exiles’ families (including some 88,000 children) according to “starvation norms.”

The Unknown Gulag
Part II: The Central Archives

Yesterday we presented part 1 in a 5 part series about The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements by Lynn Viola. Today Viola takes us inside the archives in Moscow.

The Unknown Gulag
Part I: Looking for the Kulaks

Stalin’s reign over the Soviet Union has left many unanswered questions but in The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements Lynne Viola answers one: what happened to millions of peasants in the 1930’s.

The Martians of Science: An Excerpt

Hargittai’s book tells the story of five brilliant men born at the turn of the twentieth century in Budapest: Theodore von Kármán, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller.

This Day in History: The New York Stock Exchange is Formed.

On this day in history the NYSE was formed, we take a closer look.

Food Trends:
From Fast to Slow Food, Factory to Organic Farms

Andrew Smith, our go-to American Food guru is back again this week with a look at American food trends. What trend do you think has been, and will be, the most influential: Fast Food, Slow Food, Factory Farms or Organic Farms?